Introduction: Crash Course U.S. Government and Politics
In which Craig Benzine introduces a brand new Crash Course about U.S. Government and Politics! This course will provide you with an overview of how the government of the United States is supposed...
========== Hi, I’m Craig. I’m not John Green, but
I do have patches on my elbows, so I seemsmart. And this is Crash Course Government
and Politics, a new show, hurray!Why are fireworks legal or illegal? We
might find out. Will we find out Stan?Anyway, I have a question for you. Have you
ever wondered where your tax dollars go orwhy people complain about it so much? Or who
pays for the highway that runs past your house?Or why you use the textbooks you use in science
class? Or why you need a license to drive,or to hunt or to fish or to become a barber?
I’ve always wanted to cut my own hair, backwhen I had it.
Have you ever wondered why you have to be21 years old to drink alcohol but only 18
to vote? Or gamble. Sometimes voting is agamble - actually always. Do you get con...